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NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY OF HEALTH DIGITAL COLLECTION Transactions of the North Carolina Dental Society Annual Meeting Volume 30 (1904) DOCUMENT NO. NCHH-32-030 || http://hsl.lib.unc.edu/specialcollections/nchealthhistory || This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). For more information about the collection, or to search other volumes, please visit: || http://hsl.lib.unc.edu/specialcollections/nchealthhistory || PROCEEDINGS OF THE North Carolina Dental Society AT THE THIRTIETH ANNUAL SESSION HELD AT MOREHEAD CITY, N. C. Commencing June 29th, 1904 PUBLISHING COMMITTEE, F. L. HUNT asheville, n. c. The Hackney & Moale Company 1904 CONTENTS. PAGE President's Address — Martin Fleming J. 3 The Jewel of Good Deed— P. E. Horton n Prophylaxis—R. T. Allen I4 After Porcelain — What ? — J. C. Watkins 19 Something " on" Porcelain —J. A. Gorman 37 Porcelain Inlay D. — J. Whitaker 39 Abutments and Bands A. — H. Fleming 45 Rubber Plates — L. L. Dameron 49 Dental Education — W. M. Robey 53 Some Forms of Crystal Gold, Their Range and Limitations — F. S. Harris 5! Cohesive Gold and Amalgam — C. A. Bland 69 Ethics and Jurisprudence — E. J. Tucker 74 Dentistry From a Business Standpoint — W. B. Ramsay.. 78 Occlusion and Retention of the Permanent Teeth Consid- ered in Relation to Orthodontia — J. N. Johnson 81 Clean Flands in Dentistry — J. H. Brooks 87 Some Practical Points Learned by Nearly Thirty Years of Actual Practice — I. N. Carr 92 Some of the Uses of Gutta Percha — I. W. Jamieson 102 Report of Clinics — H. D. Harper, Sr 107 Life and Character of Dr. J. A. Ballentine — R. E. Ware. 107 : PROCEEDINGS The Thirtieth Annual Session of the North Carolina Den- tal Association was called to order at Morehead City, on Wednesday evening, June 29, 1904, at 9 o'clock, President Dr. J. Martin Fleming in the chair. Prayer was offered by the Rev. R. H. Willis, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Morehead City. The roll of members was then called. On motion of Dr. D. E. Everitt, the reading of the Min- 4 utes of the previous session was dispensed with. J Dr. J. A. Gorman, First Vice-President of the Society, took the: chachair and President Fleming read his annual address as follows PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: Time in its ceaseless roll has brought us again to the completion of another year in the life of the North Carolina Dental Society. A year filled with honors and with work — elements which tend to make for us a success. The year has witnessed a steady growth in all that is best in the profession. We begin the work of the Thirtieth Annual Meeting with feelings of pride in our past and with pleasant anticipation of the future. The North Carolina Society has reason to be proud of the record of its year's work. The National Convention has met within our borders, bringing with it and diffusing among us all that is best and newest in dentistry, and carrying away with them a knowledge that the members of the profession in North Carolina are standing in the very forefront of dentistry, " workmen, needing not to be ashamed." Members of this Society have been and are being sought as Clin- icians, and the clinics given by them have been an honor to their State Society and to the profession which they represent. These facts are not mentioned in any boastful spirit, but rather to encourage us to put forth our best endeavors in this thirtieth year of the life of the Society. There is naturally a craving in our natures for the attainment of something nobler and higher, and if we come to this, our annual meeting, to stimulate this desire and craving, by a free interchange of ideas and a full appreciation of the advantages that such meetings afford, each one, from the most learned to the most ignorant, will carry home something that will be of advantage to him and to the public whom we serve. 4 PROCEEDINGS OF NORTH CAROLINA MEMBERSHIP. A more systematic effort has been made this year than for several years past to increase the membership of the Society by the addi- tion of the names of ethical men from all parts of the State. It is a well known fact that only about one-third of the dentists in the State belong to the Society. This condition is partly the fault of the dentists themselves and partly the fault of the members of the Society. A little exertion on the part of each member would almost double our membership in one year. The Medical Society has done some good work along this line within the last year, and while their plan is not suited to us, we might certainly learn a lesson from their exertions. They began by appointing a district organizer for each district, and he in turn was to see to it that each county was organized and membership in a county organization entitled one to membership in the State organization. There are not enough of us, probably, to carry out this plan suc- cessfully — and yet there are many counties where a county organ- ization could be carried on effectually, and this should be done. Local societies, both city and county, do more for the uplifting of dentistry, more for lessening the evils of low prices, more to stimu- late a personal friendship among its members than any other one remedy. Quite a number of such local societies are already in existence and the benefits accruing to their members have been far-reaching. Acting under the recommendation of our former president, from whom the Society has gotten many valuable points, a committee of one from each congressional district has been appointed to look into the matter and see how many eligible men are to be found in each district, and to make some systematic effort to enroll them as members. This system should be kept up and thoroughly worked from year to year and we will soon have approached every man in the State, and if the matter is presented in the right way, many will be induced to join. It is a fact that is becoming more and more noticeable that patients will ask if such and such a man is a member of the State Society. They recognize the fact that a man cannot keep abreast of the times who does not attend the meetings, and they do not care to patronize a man who is not a member. Persons who are not members will often say to such patients that they know they should be members and that they will join at the next meeting. Of course this does not apply to all non-members. Some have so conducted themselves as to be forever beyond the pale of pro- fessional decency — but such little statements from patients show only too clearly that it means something in North Carolina to be a member of the Society and that the sentiment is growing in the State that the members of the Society have every advantage over those who are not members. I take no pessimistic view of the dangers that threaten us along the line of quackery. There are too many people who want only the best — those who wish only the cheapest are not the class that DENTAL SOCIETY 5 a first-class patronage is built from, and those doing this work are never those who build the best practice, and they are as cognizant of the fact as we. Some feel that necessity has driven them to advertising — often the very fact of advertising is a virtual acknowledgment of failure, and those who do it look forward to the day when they can throw off the shackels of non-professional life and take their place among men again. They are bound to feel the ostracism and we should not be too backward in lending them a helping hand and letting them feel that they can redeem a place among professional gentlemen. FINANCES. The finances of the Society are in a somewhat depleted condi- tion owing to unusual expenses incurred during the last few years. In order to meet our expenses during the past year the Society has had to borrow $150, giving the individual notes of the president, secetary and treasurer for the amount. The unusual expense which has caused this deficit has been chiefly for work and expenses of the Text Book Committee, and the increased amount of work done at our annual meetings has caused us to spend more than treble the amount formerly spent in printing. It has been money well spent, our transactions are a great credit to our Society and are eagerly sought after, especially the editions so ably edited and nicely printed for the past two years, but I would recommend with the present condition of our treasury that they be carefully condensed, not omitting a single good point, but editing it with a view to les- sening the expenses of publishing while preserving the quality of the publication.

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